AS IT IS 2016-01-30 Trending Today: Sia, Jimmy Fallon and The Roots

AS IT IS 2016-01-30 Trending Today: Sia, Jimmy Fallon and The Roots

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If you have not heard of Sia Furler, you have now, thanks to “Iko Iko” and Jimmy Fallon of the Tonight Show.

Sia Furler is an Australian singer and songwriter. Known as Sia, she is famous for her songs “Chandelier,” “Titanium,” “Breathe Me,” and “Elastic Heart.” She also wrote songs for Christina Aguilera, Rihanna and Adele.

She appeared on the late-night TV show “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” earlier this week to promote her new record “This is Acting¹.”

Fallon, The Roots, actress Natalie Portman and Sia sang the folk song “Iko Iko” together. It is a song with roots in African and Creole cultures from New Orleans.

The video shows all the performers dressed in black and white, wearing blonde and black wigs³.

Sia is known for being a little shy. She does not like to show her face when she performs. Because of this, she wears costumes or even uses stand-ins – like dancers or mimes⁵ – when she performs.

In this video, she wears a wig² with extra-long bangs that obscure her face. She also wears a short, white dress, and a big, white bow in her hair.

See if you can count all the unique percussion⁶ instruments in the “Iko Iko” video, especially one band member using cups to provide the beat.

People played the video almost 1.5 million times since it came out Wednesday night.

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bangs – n. the front section of a person's hair when it is cut short and worn over the forehead

blond – adj. of a yellow or very light brown color

chandelier – n. a large, decorated light that hangs from a ceiling and has branches for holding many light bulbs or candles

creole – n. people descended⁷ from the colonial settlers of Louisiana

huge – adj. very great in size, amount, or degree

mime⁴ – n. a form of entertainment in which a performer plays a character or tells a story without words by using body movements and facial expressions

percussion – n. musical instruments (such as drums, cymbals⁸, or xylophones) that you play by hitting or shaking

shy – adj. feeling nervous and uncomfortable about meeting and talking to people

unique – adj. very special or unusual

wig – n. artificial hair that you wear on your head because you are bald or in order to change your appearance

1 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

2 wig   

n.假发

参考例句：

• The actress wore a black wig over her blond hair.那个女演员戴一顶黑色假发罩住自己的金黄色头发。
• He disguised himself with a wig and false beard.他用假发和假胡须来乔装。

3 wigs   

n.假发，法官帽( wig的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They say that wigs will be coming in again this year. 据说今年又要流行戴假发了。 来自辞典例句
• Frank, we needed more wigs than we thought, and we have to do some advertising. 弗兰克，因为我们需要更多的假发，而且我们还要做点广告。 来自电影对白

4 mime   

n.指手画脚，做手势，哑剧演员，哑剧；vi./vt.指手画脚的表演，用哑剧的形式表演

参考例句：

• Several French mime artists will give some lectures this afternoon.几位法国哑剧表演艺术家将在今天下午做几场讲座。
• I couldn't speak Chinese,but I showed in mime that I wanted a drink.我不会讲汉语，但我作摹拟动作表示要一杯饮料。

5 mimes   

n.指手画脚( mime的名词复数 )；做手势；哑剧；哑剧演员v.指手画脚地表演，用哑剧的形式表演( mime的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Hanks so scrupulously, heroically mimes the wasting wought by the disease. 汉克斯咬紧牙关，一丝不苟地模仿艾滋病造成的虚弱。 来自互联网
• On an airplane, fellow passengers mimicked her every movement -- like mimes on a street. 在飞机上，有乘客模拟她的每个动作—就像街头模拟表演。 来自互联网

6 percussion   

n.打击乐器；冲突，撞击；震动，音响

参考例句：

• In an orchestra,people who play percussion instruments sit at the back.在管弦乐队中，演奏打击乐器的人会坐在后面。
• Percussion of the abdomen is often omitted.腹部叩诊常被省略。

7 descended   

a.为...后裔的，出身于...的

参考例句：

• A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
• The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。

8 cymbals   

pl.铙钹

参考例句：

• People shouted, while the drums and .cymbals crashed incessantly. 人声嘈杂，锣鼓不停地大响特响。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
• The dragon dance troupe, beating drums and cymbals, entered the outer compound. 龙灯随着锣鼓声进来，停在二门外的大天井里。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）